The survey 'E-Commerce Profile in Brazil',commissioned by PayPal from Big Data, reveals that Brazil has 450,000 e-commerce portals, reports Telesintese. This was the total number of sites that responded to clicks on 01 March, the date of the last automated monitoring conducted by the research firm.

A survey conducted in Brazil by mobile payment company Pagtel has revealed that, out of its 5 million customer database, 53 percent of mobile payments are made by women and 47 percent by men, reports Convergencia Digital.

Harvard’s Bob Behn has written about the spread of the “PerformanceStat” movement across the U.S during the past two decades. Now the creation of “Delivery Units,” which is another name for this phenomenon, has spread across the world -– even to Latin America.

CARACAS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the recent rapprochement between Cuba and the United States is a sign of changing times in Latin America.
In a letter to Cuban leader Raul Castro published Friday by Cuban media, Maduro said the Dec. 17 announcement that the two countries had agreed to restore diplomatic ties was the result of political changes in Latin Ameri ... Read More

BRASILIA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who kicked off a second term Thursday, vowed that restoring economic growth will be a priority of her new administration.
"Brazil is determined to resume growth," said Rousseff in her first speech to the parliament, adding that "the first steps of this journey are an overhaul of public accounts, increasing domestic ... Read More

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Thursday a 10-point reform bill that will unify Mexico's multi-layered police forces and stop collusion between government officials and local gangs, a move to defuse nationwide anger over the abduction and possible massacre of 43 students.